Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe of Indians v. Donald P. Hodel, Secretary of the Interior v. Truckee-Carson Irrigation District Newlands Project Water Rights Holders State of Nevada Fallon Paiute-Shoshone Tribes, Defendants-Intervenors-Appellees

882 F.2d 364 PYRAMID LAKE PAIUTE TRIBE OF INDIANS, Plaintiff, v. Donald P. HODEL, Secretary of the Interior, Defendant-Appellant, v. TRUCKEE-CARSON IRRIGATION DISTRICT; Newlands Project Water Rights Holders; State of Nevada; Fallon Paiute-Shoshone Tribes, Defendants-Intervenors-Appellees. No. 88-15116. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Jan. 11, 1989. Decided Aug. 9, 1989. Robert S. Pelcyger and Fredericks & Pelcyger, Boulder, Colo., for plaintiff Pyramid Paiute Tribe of Indians. Dirk D. Snell, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for defendant-appellant Secretary of the Interior. Frederick G. Girard and Kronick, Moskovitz, Tiedemann & Girard, Sacramento, Cal., for defendant-intervenor-appellee Truckee-Carson Irrigation Dist. Brian Chally, Deputy Atty. Gen., State of Nev., Carson City, Nev., for defendant-intervenor-appellee State of Nev. Gordon H. DePaoli and Woodburn, Wedge & Jeppson, Reno, Nev., for defendants-intervenors-appellees Newlands Project Water Rights Holders. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Nevada. Before CHAMBERS, Senior Circuit Judge, BROWNING and BEEZER, Circuit Judges. JAMES R.…